All you need…
Tomatoes
sugar
lemon rind
cinnamon stick
You will need twice as much tomatoes as sugar. I used two pounds of tomatoes and one pound of sugar, weigh after peeling tomatoes.
Peel and coarsely chop tomatoes removing as much of the seeds as possible. Add to a large pot and cover with the sugar. Add a cinnamon stick and a slice or two of lemon rind, depending on how much tomatoes you are using and if you like the taste of lemon (you can omit the lemon if you prefer).
Stir mixture and gently bring to boil.
Once mixture begins to boil turn heat down and simmer, stirring occasional for approximately two hours.
As mixture thickens stir more often. Tomatoes will cook down to a puree.
Pour mixture into prepared jars. If you are making a small amount and do not want to prepare jars for canning you can just refrigerate Jam.
Perfect on toast, crusty bread and crackers. I love it with cheese as well.
I hope you give it a try.
Thanks for coming by,
Margaret
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That sounds delicious Rosemarie. I must try that. Thanks for the tip.
When we were kids. our Mom made tomato jam, but added grapes to lessen the amount of sugar. It was really good!!
Your welcome Suzel. Would love to find out how it turns out in the crock pot. The vanilla bean sounds great as well. Thanks. Have a great day!
I am going to try it in a crock pot.
My mom used to make it when I was growing up in Portugal. She used a vanila beans instead of cinnamon. She would but them is a cheese cloth and hang them from the clothesline to drain the juice.
Thanks for remind me Margaret!!
Thank you Jensamom, have fun trying it. I love this jam.
Can't wait to try this next week with the end of the garden tomatoes! Thank you!
Thanks Sandrocas. I have never tried doce de melao or abobora but will try to make it this year. Thanks for the suggestion.
Hi Margaret, I'm a new follower. this is exactly how I make it at home, it's so yummy, isn't it? Have you tried doce de melao? You use the honeydew that never trully ripens, also very delicious, along with doce de abobora, they remind me so much of my childhood in Portugal.
Thanks Zoe and thank you for the follow. I haven't had much time to bog but hoping to get going again in the new year. Have a great weekend.
Hi Margaret,
These will be great as Xmas gifts. What a delicious idea!
I'm now your latest follower.
Zoe